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NEW DELHI: In another embarrassment for the poll-bound BSP government in Uttar Pradesh, the Union environment ministry has put Ansal’s 2,400-acre housing project, Hi-Tech Township City, at Dadri on hold for `illegally’ reclaiming a wetland in the plot. The ministry has sent a show-cause notice to the project developers under the Environment Protection Act, asking them to explain why legal action should not be taken for violating the clearance norms and the project should not be scrapped. The developers have been given 15 days to respond to the notice, and till then the project would remain suspended. While, the Central government has to demarcate the wetland area falling in the

Halt construction at Dadri wetland: Ministry GREATER NOIDA: Following reports of the alleged encroachment around Bil Akbarpur wetland area in Dadri, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a show cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh government. The ministry has ordered the government to halt ongoing construction work in the area with immediate effect, said sources. Environmentalist Anand Arya, who has been at the helm of efforts to rescue the wetland area – an erstwhile safe haven for at least 200 species of birds – said that the MoEF notice had come following the recent visit of state and ministry officials to the site to look into reports

SP promises total ban on land acquisition Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh, which needs to take giant strides in industrialisation and urbanisation if it wants to come anywhere near the national GDP, can bid goodbye to all big ticket projects if the Samajwadi Party comes to power in the state. The party, which released its manifesto in Lucknow on Friday, promised a total ban on land acquisition for industry and infrastructure projects if it comes to power, except in urgent circumstances. The manifesto also said that the party would not allow foreign direct investment in retail sector in the state at any cost. The manifesto, which was released in the presence of

A land row has again erupted in Shahberi, the first village in Noida Extension where the SC had quashed land acquisition. The Greater Noida authority on Tuesday demolished “illegal“ structures in the village. A clash between police and protesters left a few people injured. “The demolition is in violation of the court order. The authority is trying to punish Shahberi,“ said Dushyant Nagar, a farmer. But the authority thinks otherwise. The deputy chief executive officer, PC Gupta, said, “A larger notification, issued in 1991, for planned development of the region, is in force. This says for any construction, the landowner needs a no-objection certificate from the authority.“ The quashing of